Table 5.
Factors affecting utilization of health services.
| Variable | Utilization of healthcare services | χ2 | p-valuea | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes N (%) |
No N (%) |
||||
| Gender | Male | 108 (86.4%) | 17 (13.6%) | 0.164 | 0.149 |
| Female | 267 (87.8%) | 37 (12.2%) | |||
| Level of Study | 100 Level | 37 (69.8%) | 16 (30.2%) | 25.094 | < 0.001* |
| 200 Level | 9 (87.2%) | 14 (12.8%) | |||
| 300 Level | 85 (84.2%) | 16 (15.8%) | |||
| 400 Level | 92 (95.8%) | 4 (4.2%) | |||
| 500 Level | 66 (94.3%) | 4 (5.7%) | |||
| Family size | < 4 persons | 45 (86.5%) | 7 (13.5%) | 0.042 | 0.179 |
| 4–6 persons | 238 (87.5%) | 34 (12.5%) | |||
| > 6 persons | 92 (87.6%) | 13 (12.4%) | |||
| Student monthly allowance | 20,000–50,000 | 150 (88.2%) | 20 (11.8%) | 0.952 | 0.145 |
| 60,000-100,000 | 168 (87.9%) | 23 (12.1%) | |||
| > 100,000 | 57 (83.8%) | 11 (16.2%) | |||
| Family monthly income | < 200,000 | 58 (98.3%) | 1 (1.7%) | 56.202 | < 0.001* |
| 200,000-500,000 | 136 (94.4%) | 8 (5.6%) | |||
| 600,000–1,000,000 | 144 (87.8%) | 20 (12.2%) | |||
| > 1,000,000 | 37 (59.7%) | 25 (40.3%) | |||
| Age | < 20 years | 301 (85.8%) | 50 (14.2%) | 4.821 | 0.036* |
| > 20 years | 74 (94.9%) | 4 (5.1%) | |||
| #High cost of drugs | Agree | 81 (72.3%) | 31 (27.7%) | 51.887 | < 0.001* |
| Disagree | 70 (33.6%) | 138 (66.4%) | |||
| #Services too expensive | Agree | 224 (84.8%) | 40 (15.2%) | 4.101 | 0.050* |
| Disagree | 151 (91.5%) | 14 (8.5%) | |||
| #Affordability of food | Agree | 138 (84.1%) | 26 (15.9%) | 2.574 | 0.134 |
| Disagree | 237 (89.4%) | 28 (10.6%) | |||
| #Attitude of staff | Agree | 165 (82.5%) | 35 (17.5%) | 8.218 | 0.005* |
| Disagree | 210 (91.8%) | 19 (8.2%) | |||
| #Distance of facility | Agree | 328 (87.5%) | 47 (12.5%) | 0.008 | 0.100 |
| Disagree | 47 (87.0%) | 7 (13.0%) | |||
| #Perceived incompetence of healthcare staff | Agree | 71 (83.5%) | 14 (16.5%) | 1.453 | 0.172 |
| Disagree | 304 (88.4%) | 40 (11.6%) | |||
| #Long waiting time | Agree | 299 (88.7%) | 38 (11.3%) | 2.456 | 0.154 |
| Disagree | 76 (82.6%) | 16 (17.4%) | |||
| #Services not satisfactory | Agree | 150 (85.2%) | 26 (14.8%) | 1.295 | 0.301 |
| Disagree | 225 (88.9%) | 28 (11.1%) | |||
Key: Dependent variable = Utilization of Healthcare services; a= Chi-square test; *= Statistically significant at p ≤ 0.05; #= The Likert scale responses for economic barriers and perception variables were dichotomized to Agree and Disagree.